THE OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF ABNORMAL EYE-MOVEMENTS IN INFANTS AND YOUNG-CHILDREN

被引:18
作者
JACOBS, M [1 ]
HARRIS, C [1 ]
SHAWKAT, F [1 ]
TAYLOR, D [1 ]
机构
[1] HOSP SICK CHILDREN,DEPT OPHTHALMOL,EYE MOVEMENT UNIT,LONDON WC1N 3JH,ENGLAND
来源
AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY | 1992年 / 20卷 / 03期
关键词
INFANTS; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; SACCADES; SMOOTH PURSUIT;
D O I
10.1111/j.1442-9071.1992.tb00938.x
中图分类号
R77 [眼科学];
学科分类号
100212 ;
摘要
Recordings of eye movements from infants and young children can be of clinical value in patients with certain neuro-ophthalmological problems. This requires that the characteristics of normal eye movements in this same age-group are known. Using an electro-oculographic technique in a specially developed laboratory we have been able to assess the saccades, binocular and monocular smooth pursuit, binocular and monocular optokinetic nystagmus (OKN), and sustained vestibular rotation in infants and young children; these recordings were performed in one session lasting approximately 35 minutes. The recordings from four children with abnormal eye movements (delayed visual maturation, hemicerebral cyst, congenital ocular motor apraxia, and gaze-paretic nystagmus) are briefly reported and compared to normal eye movements of age-related children. The limitations of this procedure are discussed.
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页码:185 / 195
页数:11
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